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TOHO Cinemas Utsunomiya (Bell Mall) IMAX

Utsunomiya · JapanEstimated

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 41/100 — a modest premium screen, with no published dimensions, so the size score rests on an estimate. No source names the projector in this room, so the score is indicative. Data read 5 November 2026.

IMAX with Laser; opened 18 Jul 2025; first IMAX in Tochigi Prefecture. Confirmed 2026-10-21: https://lp.p.pia.jp/article/news/419965/index.html (TOHO's contract notice: https://tohocinemas.co.jp/news/pdf/2025/250408c.pdf)

This cinema's page ↗

+81-50-6868-5028

Map position approximate (city centre)

C
~IQ 41*provisional

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection
IMAX Commercial Laser(from the room's description)
Screen
Not published
Picture shown
1.90:1
15/70mm film
No
Sound
Not published
Seats
Not published
Screen type
Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened
2025
Operator
TOHO Cinemas

No source we can cite names the projector here; the label comes from the description of this room in our notes. Treat the score as indicative.

Why IQ 41

Screen size *9/38

dimensions never published, scored on a conservative estimate · full marks at 700 m² · no source on file

Projection24/36

IMAX Commercial Laser · from the room's description · no source on file

Full 1.43 frame8/18

1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound0/8

no sound specification published

* This venue has never published its screen dimensions. Size is scored on a deliberately conservative estimate, so an unmeasured screen can't out-rank a measured one on guesswork.

How big, really?

1234

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

  • 1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21.0 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
  • 2BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
  • 3TOHO Cinemas Utsunomiya (Bell Mall) (est.) · 18 m wide, height not published
  • 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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What you actually see

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NOT SHOWN HERENOT SHOWN HERE
A film shot in the full IMAX frame plays here at 1.90:1 — you see 75% of what the camera captured.

Worth travelling for?

Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach

Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro IMAX

Tokyo · about 60 mi away

You'd get the full 1.43 frame.

A

Shinjuku Wald 9

Tokyo · about 60 mi away

B

Marunouchi Piccadilly

Tokyo · about 60 mi away

B

Better screens within 75 mi

•Where to next

All of Japan

Elsewhere in Japan

Where this comes from

Estimated

We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.

Screen dimensions
not published — estimated
Projector
not established
Operating status
verified open

No source on file names the projector in this room. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.

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